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Media: News Blog, North Coast JournalThe North Coast Journal is the definitive source of information for local news, music, art, entertainment, restaurants, reviews, and events in Humboldt County.https://www.northcoastjournal.com/imager/b/rss/808579/d891/adminIcon_ncj.jpg144144'Sweet Victory' for SpongeBob Fans at the Super Bowl? Stay Tunedhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2019/01/25/sweet-victory-for-spongebob-fans-at-the-super-bowl-stay-tuned
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Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants aren’t looking back in their months-long effort to have “Sweet Victory” sung during half time at the Super Bowl as an ode to Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the fantastical world Bikini Bottoms, who died Nov. 27.<br> <br> More than 1 million people have signed the <a href="https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl" target="_blank">Change.org petition</a> to honor <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/11/27/spongebob-creator-hsu-alum-hillenburg-dies-at-57" target="_blank">the 57-year-old Humboldt State University graduate</a>, who announced last March that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.<br> <br> “As some of you may or may not know, Stephen Hillenburg — the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants — has passed away recently,” the petition reads. “As a tribute to his legacy, his contributions to a generation of children and to truly showcase the greatness of this song, we call for Sweet Victory to be performed at the Halftime Show.”<br> <br> <br> Half time headliner Maroon 5 set the Twittersphere a twitter earlier this month when the band released a Super Bowl teaser that includes a brief appearance by SpongeBob. (Check out the 32 second mark.)<br> <br> <br> <br> The animated undersea world Hillenburg invented is said to have roots in the artist’s time at HSU, which he credited for developing his love of marine biology and art. <br> <br> He and his wife recently gave a $135,000 gift to create the Stephen Hillenburg Marine Science Research Award Endowment at the college “to provide grant awards for student research projects in marine biology, oceanography and marine fisheries,” according to a September release from HSU.<br> <br> And many local mainstays, including Stars Hamburgers (aka the Krusty Krab), are said to be inspirations for the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon.<br> <br> The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots square off Feb. 3 in Atlanta, Georgia, when SpongeBob fans will find out if their daydream of a “Sweet Victory” comes true against all odds.<br> <br> Read the text of the Change.org petition below:<br> <blockquote> <i>Problem<br> As some of you may or may not know, Stephen Hillenburg—the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants—has passed away recently. As a tribute to his legacy, his contributions to a generation of children, and to truly showcase the greatness of this song, we call for Sweet Victory to be performed at the Halftime Show.<br> <br> Solution<br> Perform Sweet Victory at the Halftime Show</i> </blockquote> Lyrics of "Sweet Victory":<br> <blockquote>…
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Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:48:00 -0800North Coast JournalLocal Healthcare Company Focus of WaPo Storyhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/12/26/local-healthcare-company-focus-of-wapo-story
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In case you missed it, <i>The Washington Post</i> recently put a <a href="http://In case you missed it, the Washington Post recently put a spotlight on local palliative care company ResolutionCare. The post’s story, which published Dec. 15, uses the story of Hoopa brothers-in-law Gordon Surber and Mark Hailey — both of whom have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — to explore the impact of palliative care and the inequities of how insurers cover the costs. The story notes that while Congress has mandated that insurers provide coverage for hospice care, they have not taken similar steps for palliative care. “Like hospice, palliative care includes a physician’s help in managing pain ad other symptoms, the services of a social worker and a home health nurse, and spiritual counseling,” the article states. “Unlike hospice, it can be provided at any stage of illness and it can be offered alongside curative care.” Hailey has access to palliative care through MediCal thanks to Senate Bill 1004, which mandates that the state provide in-home palliative care to MediCal recipients. Surber, meanwhile, is insured through a combination of Medicare and a policy through his wife, neither of which cover palliative care, limiting him to more traditional treatment options. The article details how Surber’s health and quality of life have sputtered, while Hailey has seen marked improvements. The Post story quotes ResultionCare founder and palliative care doctor Michael Fratkin lamenting the inequity of the situation, noting his company could do a lot to care for Surber and help his wife. “I can think of 20 simple things we could do to help them enjoy each other and take the pressure off Judy, instead of her having to watch a slow-moving train wreck,” he said. The full story is well worth a read and can be found here. (Also, hat tip to local photographer Justin Maxon for his work on the project.) And for more on Fratkin and ResolutionCare, see past Journal coverage here and here." target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/palliative-care-may-save-money-and-ease-suffering/2018/12/14/85c0ee1c-e773-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.848991e19bc3" target="_blank">spotlight</a> on local palliative care company <a href="http://www.resolutioncare.com" target="_blank">ResolutionCare</a>.<br> <br> The <i>Post</i>’s story, which published Dec. 15, uses the story of Hoopa brothers-in-law Gordon Surber and Mark Hailey — both of whom have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — to explore the impact of palliative care and the inequities of how insurers cover the costs. The story notes that while Congress has mandated that insurers…
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Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:03:00 -0800North Coast JournalA Hostage For 5 Years, Former HSU Professor Alann Steen Dieshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/12/23/a-hostage-for-5-years-former-hsu-professor-alann-steen-dies
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Alann Steen, a former Humboldt State University journalism professor who was catapulted into the international spotlight when he was held hostage in Beirut for nearly five years, has died. He was 79.<br> <br> Steen, who also earned double master’s degrees at HSU after a six-year stint in the U.S. Marines Corps, which included being briefly deployed outside of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, was living in Washington state at the time of his death.<br> <br> According to an obituary by his family, Steen was surrounded by “his girls” who “loved him more than words can express” when he succumbed to cancer after a “short but heroic battle” on Dec. 13.<br> <br> Steen departed HSU to teach at Chico State University before leaving to become a journalism professor at Beirut University College in 1983. He was kidnapped from the campus Jan. 24, 1987, with three of his colleagues before being released Dec. 3, 1991.<br> <br> The father of three and grandfather of four was the “eighth longest-held Western hostage freed” in Lebanon at the time of his release, which was the result of “complex negotiations” done by United Nations that also included exchanges of prisoners held by Israel for Israeli servicemen missing in Lebanon, according to a <i>New York Times</i> article.<br> <br> In a December 1991 interview with the <i>Journal</i>, Steen said he never gave up hope during his captivity.<br> <br> <br> “No, I always thought that it couldn’t last. Even at the beginning, that it couldn’t last. We knew that the United States would make no concessions. They would negotiate, but make no concessions,” Steen said, adding that he and his fellow prisoners all urged the U.S. government in letters not to make concessions. “It was never really upbeat but it was never really down.”<br> Steen also described harsh conditions, including beatings, one of which occurred after he managed to escape his captors for a brief time by crawling through a bathroom widow during his first year of captivity. He was quickly recaptured on a Beirut street — which he attributed to “bad luck” in the <i>Journal </i>interview — and as punishment he “was pretty well pummeled.”<br> <br> The injuries he suffered that night left him with “life-long medical consequences,” according to his obituary.<br> <br> Steen was also a world traveler, making solo kayak trips through Alaska and the Yukon Territory, with experiences like being struck…
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Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:26:00 -0800North Coast JournalZooey Deschanel Really Likes Eurekahttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/12/07/zooey-deschanel-really-likes-eureka
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When actor Zooey Deschanel — star of <i>New Girl</i> and the perennial Christmas classic <i>Elf </i>— was asked about a must-go travel hot spot in California during a recent interview with <i><a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/" target="_blank">Travel + Leisure</a></i>, her answer was short and local: Eureka.<br> <br> Deschanel, according to the online piece, is teaming up with Capital One on The Purpose Project to promote meaningful travel, which falls in line with her other efforts to make the world a better place, including support for The Farm Project and The Innocence Project. <br> <br> During the interview — which includes a segment on navigating the perfect road trip through the Golden State — the writer notes that Eureka “probably isn’t on too many people’s radars,” to which Deschanel quickly replied it should be.<br> <br> “Oh you have to go. It’s so beautiful,” she said. “Its amazing forests and hiking and it’s absolutely magical.”<br> <br> Read the full <i>Travel + Leisure</i> story <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/celebrity-travel/zooey-deschanel-california-roadtrip" target="_blank">here</a>.…
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Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:25:00 -0800North Coast JournalExpert: Humboldt Has More Uncounted Ballots Than Any County in U.S.https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/12/05/expert-humboldt-has-more-uncounted-ballots-than-any-county-in-us
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Does Humboldt County have the most ballots remaining uncounted of any county in the nation? One national elections expert thinks so.<br> <br> David Wasserman, the house editor for The Cook Political Report and a frequent contributor to FiveThirtyEight, tweeted last night: “I think it was @DKElections that used to describe slow-vote counting election offices as “taking a ganja break.” As fate would have it the country’s biggest stash of remaining uncounted ballots (at least by my estimate) is in Humboldt County, CA.”<br> For those among us who aren’t elections nerds, <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/about/staff/david-wasserman" target="_blank">Wasserman</a> is kind of a big deal. His work forecasting U.S. House races is frequently cited in the nation’s top publications, including <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The Economist</i> and others, and he drew widespread praise for writing a prescient <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-trump-could-win-the-white-house-while-losing-the-popular-vote/" target="_blank">piece</a> months before the 2016 election pointing out there was a likelihood President Trump could win the election while losing the popular vote. In short, the guy is widely regarded as knowing his stuff.<br> <br> The California Secretary of State, which oversees vote counting in the notoriously slow to tabulate Golden State, maintains a <a href="https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2018-general/unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf?_ga=2.54454248.1540370964.1543810090-1655102136.1540174663" target="_blank">county-by-county list</a> of how many ballots remain to be tallied. As of this morning, Humboldt County is still listed as having the second most outstanding ballots in the state, with 15,866, less than half that of that of Riverside County’s 38,000 remaining ballots. But Wasserman maintains that Riverside processed most of those ballots yesterday and now has just 11,000 left, pushing Humboldt into the state lead.<br> <br> And because vote counting is pretty much wrapped up in the rest of the country, Wasserman pegs Humboldt with the seemingly dubious designation. (It should be noted, however, that the California Legislature has put a variety of laws in place aimed at enfranchising voters and ensuring accurate counts that slow the post-election process. Read a solid primer on that <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/416080-why-california-counts-its-ballots-so-slowly" target="_blank">here</a> or our piece from the June primary with a local look at the subject <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/sundbergs-chances-to-take-the-fifth-and-why-it-takes-so-long-to-count-the-votes/Content?oid=9564442" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br> <br> The <i>Journal</i> tried to get the Humboldt County Elections Office to weigh in on the subject but the office is closed today for the national day of mourning, which leaves us wondering when we can expect a final tally.<br> <br> One of Wasserman’s followers, @caviabella, weighed in with a prediction: “Heck they’ll HAVE to finish up…
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Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:30:00 -0800North Coast JournalBeyond Geek TV Show Goes Kinetichttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/10/22/beyond-geek-tv-show-goes-kinetic
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<i> Beyond Geek</i>, a public television show about “a fascinating world you didn’t know existed, full of people who take geek to a whole new level,” has just released a new video about this year’s Kinetic Grand Championship.<br> <br> Described as “part update, part behind the scenes” of the show’s kinetic episodes, filmed during the three-day Memorial Day weekend race that traverses land, sand and water in a quest for the glory.<br> <br> So take a view down memory lane with the video below and you might just recognized a few of the featured folks:<br> <br> …
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Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:47:00 -0700North Coast JournalNew Yorker Looks at Yurok Tribe's Carbon-Offset Projecthttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/10/13/new-yorker-looks-at-yurok-tribes-carbon-offset-project
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A story on the <i>New Yorker</i> website this week takes a look at the Yurok Tribe’s carbon-offset forest project, which was the first developed under California protocols for the state’s cap-and-trade system back in 2014.<br> <br> According to the story, the project is now the “tribe’s main source of discretionary income,” which has facilitated the purchase of near 60,000 acres of forest lands. But the move also came with its share of controversy, as some tribal members see the sale of carbon credits as a license for polluters to pollute.<br> <br> Read the <i>New Yorker</i> story <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-carbon-trading-became-a-way-of-life-for-californias-yurok-tribe?mbid=nl_Daily%20101018&CNDID=29720847&utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20101018&utm_content=&spMailingID=14407934&spUserID=MTMzMTgzMDM1MDgwS0&spJobID=1500797086&spReportId=MTUwMDc5NzA4NgS2" target="_blank">here </a>and previous coverage in the <i>Journal </i><a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/02/11/yurok-tribe-tosses-cap-in-trade-ring" target="_blank">here</a>.…
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Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:43:00 -0700North Coast JournalCNN Names Betty Chinn 'Hero'https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/10/04/cnn-names-betty-chinn-hero
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<br> Eureka philanthropist Betty Chinn has been named “this week’s CNN hero.”<br> <br> The network’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/specials/cnn-heroes" target="_blank">Heroes series</a> is designed to “celebrate everyday people changing the world” and showcase “how one person can truly make a difference.” The network accepts nominations annually and showcases one hero weekly, one of whom will be named the network’s hero of the year in December.<br> <br> Chinn, who spent years of her childhood homeless in China, has largely dedicated more than three decades of her life to serving and caring for Eureka’s homeless population. In collaboration with St. Vincent de Paul, she opened Eureka’s first public shower facility in 2009, and has since opened a day center aimed at caring for homeless youth and providing vocational counseling services for adults, a transitional housing project for 40 adults and a family shelter that also houses homeless people recently discharged from the hospital.<br> <br> The CNN video highlighting Chinn’s work also features a quote from Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Director Connie Beck intoning that Chinn does more to provide services to a portion of Humboldt’s homeless than the entirety of county government.<br> <br> In addition to the video embedded above, you can read CNN’s coverage of Chinn <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/cnnheroes-betty-chinn-betty-kwan-chinn-homeless-foundation/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And read past <i>Journal</i> coverage of Chinn and her many accomplishments <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/prove-them-wrong/Content?oid=4021437" target="_blank">here</a>. For good measure, you can check out the video below, of President Barack Obama awarding Chinn the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2010.<br> <br> …
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Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:50:00 -0700North Coast JournalHumLook: Cows, Elk and a War Mothhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/30/humlook-cows-elk-and-a-war-moth
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Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, <a href="https://www.humsport.com/" target="_blank">HumSport</a> and <a href="https://www.humlook.com" target="_blank">HumLook</a>, showcasing the work of a team of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece.<br> <br> The <i>Journal</i> is partnering with Quezada and the sites to bring you regular slideshows offering a glimpse of what these photographers have captured. The below slideshow is from HumLook. To see more or to purchase downloads of any of these images, visit <a href="https://www.humlook.com" target="_blank">www.HumLook.com</a>.<br> <br> …
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Sun, 30 Sep 2018 14:00:00 -0700North Coast JournalHumSport: Your Week in Sports Photoshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/30/humsport-your-week-in-sports-photos
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<br> Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, <a href="https://www.humsport.com" target="_blank">HumSport</a> and <a href="https://www.humlook.com" target="_blank">HumLook</a>, showcasing the work of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece.<br> <br> The <i>Journal</i> is partnering with Quezada and the sites to bring you regular slideshows offering a glimpse of what these photographers have captured. The below slideshow is from HumSport. To see more or to purchase downloads of any of these images, visit <a href="https://www.humsport.com" target="_blank">www.HumSport.com</a>.<br> …
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Sun, 30 Sep 2018 09:46:00 -0700North Coast JournalLet's Hear it for the Redwoodshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/19/lets-hear-it-for-the-redwoods
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Humboldt County’s natural beauty is once again garnering attention with the travel guide <i>Frommer’s</i> giving the region’s tall trees a shout-out in a slideshow and <i>National Geographic</i> featuring the short film <i>Redwood </i>about — as you might guess — Redwood National and State Parks on its website.<br> <br> <i>National Geographic</i>’s team, which is curating cinematic fare for its Short Film Showcase, plucked the work by brothers and filmmakers Will and Jim Pattiz as one of the featured pieces.<br> <br> “We look for work that affirms <i>National Geographic</i>'s belief in the power of science, exploration, and storytelling to change the world,” the magazine’s website states.<br> <br> <i>Redwood </i>is part of the Pattiz brothers’ "More Than Just Parks" film project, which they say on their website was “born out of their love for the national parks and enthusiasm for engaging multimedia.”<br> <br> “The goal of our project is to share the wonders of our national parks with as many people as we can, thereby ensuring their continued protection and enjoyment for generations to come,” the brothers write. “We plan to accomplish this goal through visually stunning short films, engaging online interactions, and breathtaking imagery. Eventually, we plan to create short films covering each park.”<br> <br> Find out more about their project <a href="https://www.morethanjustparks.com/about" target="_blank">here </a>and watch <i>Redwood </i><a href="https://www.morethanjustparks.com/redwood" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> The <i>Frommer’s</i> Best of the Redwoods: 10 Tip-Top Things to See Around California’s Big Trees post can be found <a href="https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/848291-best-of-the-redwoods-10-tip-top-things-to-see-around-california-s-big-trees" target="_blank">here</a>.…
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Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:19:00 -0700North Coast JournalNCJ Seeks Staff Writerhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/06/ncj-seeks-staff-writer
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/06/ncj-seeks-staff-writerThadeus Greenson
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The <i>North Coast Journal</i> is looking for a talented staff writer to add to our award-winning editorial team.<br> <br> The ideal candidate is a naturally curious critical thinker who can write clearly and compellingly, digest large volumes of information and explain complex concepts and systems. She or he is someone who is able to juggle multiple tasks and duties in a dynamic environment, while paying tremendous attention to detail. She or he is comfortable talking to people from all backgrounds and demographics, and able to treat all sides of an issue with fairness and empathy. Most of all, she or he is someone with a deep passion for telling the stories of the North Coast and helping <i>Journal </i>readers better understand and engage the world around them. Photography, videography, audio, proof reading and social media skills are a huge plus. Journalism experience preferred.<br> <br> If this sounds like you, please send a resume and several samples of your work to <i>Journal</i> news editor Thadeus Greenson at thad@northcoastjournal.com. This is a full-time position and compensation will depend on experience.…
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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:44:00 -0700North Coast JournalNYT Story Examines Heroin's Impact on Local Tribes and its Link to an Ailing Riverhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/05/nyt-story-examines-heroins-impact-on-local-tribes-and-its-link-to-an-ailing-river
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/05/nyt-story-examines-heroins-impact-on-local-tribes-and-its-link-to-an-ailing-riverKimberly Wear
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<i>The New York Times</i> this week explores the devastating impacts of the nation's opioid crisis on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/klamath-river-california-tribes-heroin.html?action=click&contentCollection=undefined&contentPlacement=1&emc=edit_ca_20180905&module=stream_unit&nl=california-today&nlid=78398197al" target="_blank">Kaurk, Hoopa and Yurok tribal communities</a>, placed in the context of their connection to the struggling health of the Klamath River — an integral link between the tribes as well as their past, present and future in the region.<br> <br> It’s no secret that Humboldt County as a whole has been hit hard by the scourge of addiction with more opioid prescriptions than residents and an overdose death rate that is three times the state average and almost twice that of the nation — most involving methamphetamine or opiate intoxication.<br> <br> But the tribal communities of Humboldt’s remote corners form an epicenter of that addiction epicenter, leaving few — if any — families untouched, a statistic that plays out across the nation.<br> <br> Indian Health Service, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, cites the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in reporting that Native Americans had a larger increase in overdose deaths from 1999-2015 — up more than 500 percent — than any other ethnic group.<br> <br> Back in March, the <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/03/13/yurok-tribe-sues-drug-companies-over-opioid-epidemic" target="_blank">Yurok Tribe filed a federal lawsuit</a> against 20 manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids, alleging the companies are responsible for spreading a destructive trail of drug use on the reservation and across the country. <br> The county of Humboldt and the city of Eureka have also joined the lawsuit.<br> <br> “The only difference between these companies and drug cartels is the fact that legal purveyors of prescription opioids have protection from law enforcement and seemingly unlimited funds to market and distribute to the masses their highly addictive drugs,” Amy Cordalis, the Yurok Tribe’s general counsel who is also a tribal member, said in a release at the time. “There is not a single Yurok family that has not either directly or indirectly experienced the horrors of opiate addiction.”…
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Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:26:00 -0700North Coast JournalSac Bee Looks at Rural Policing and a Kettenpom Couple's Terrifying Ordealhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/02/sac-bee-looks-at-rural-policing-and-a-kettenpom-couples-terrifying-ordeal
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/09/02/sac-bee-looks-at-rural-policing-and-a-kettenpom-couples-terrifying-ordealKimberly Wear
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Rural residents know that a 911 call to law enforcement may result in an hours long wait for a response. On Wednesday, <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article215453050.html" target="_blank">the <i>Sacramento Bee</i></a><i> </i>posted the culmination of several months of research into the problem. <br> <br> Leading the article is the story of how in March of 2011 a Trinity County couple, Jim and Norma Gund, had their throats slashed by a murderer when they responded to a request from a Trinity County Sheriff Cpl. Ron Whitman to check on their neighbor who had called 911 for help. Whitman was almost 100 miles away in Weaverville.<br> <br> According to the <i>Bee</i>’s story, “[T]he drive — through rugged forest and over steep passes — would take almost three hours.”<br> <br> <br> According to a California County map included in the article, Trinity County has 1.1 sworn deputies per 100 square miles. Humboldt has 5.1. Del Norte has 2.4 and Mendocino County has 3.5. The article looks at how this low staffing affects response time and policing.<br> <br> The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Twitter account referenced the article but noted, “With the help of Measure Z (now Measure O) we’ve been able to boost staffing, provide better service, increase coverage in our most remote areas, staff resident deputy positions in Bridgeville, Orick and Orleans, and more.”<br> <br> The <i>Bee</i>’s article also brushes on the limited number of mental health professionals in rural areas and looks more deeply into how rural economies are affected by protected state and federal land (acreage not in private hands is not subject to property tax which is a mainstay for budgets in rural counties).<br> <br> The story of Jim and Norma Gund is so compelling though that the <i>Bee </i>also published another article simultaneously about their ongoing court cases with the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office. The article is titled: <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article216246885.html" target="_blank">This couple was attacked by knife-wielding killer. Did their sheriff put them in harm’s way? </a> <br> <br> The Gunds were brutally attacked when they entered a home near the Kettenpom airstrip in Trinity County after being sent to the scene on March 13, 2011, by Whitman, who the couple says failed to inform them of the potential danger they were facing.<br> <br> Instead, Whitman told them the 911 call he was asking them to respond to was likely “weather related” and he never mentioned that the caller had whispered…
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Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:00:00 -0700North Coast JournalMendo Complex Gets Containment Date, but no Estimate for Carr Firehttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/08/10/mendo-complex-gets-containment-date-but-no-estimate-for-carr-fire
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/08/10/mendo-complex-gets-containment-date-but-no-estimate-for-carr-fireKimberly Wear
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While a string of fires continue to burn to the north, south and east of Humboldt County, air quality is expected to be in the good to moderate stage although some inland areas, such as Garberville, will have “widespread haze,” according to the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District.<br> <br> Fire officials are now giving an estimated containment date of Sept. 1 for the Mendocino Complex — the merging of the Ranch and River fires, which currently stands as the largest in California history. The blaze has burned more than 300,000 acres and destroyed 119 homes with another 9,200 structures threatened, according to Calfire.<br> <br> The cause remains under investigation.<br> <br> To the east, the deadly Carr Fire, which has claimed at least eight lives, burned more than 180,000 acres and destroyed 1,077 homes, has no estimated date for full containment.<br> <br> According to Calfire, a red flag warning stands until 11 p.m. on Saturday for areas of the fire, which is burning “mostly in steep drainages, driven by variable winds” while “heavy timber and steep terrain continue to complicate firefighting efforts.” <br> <br> “Firefighters continue to build and improve containments lines in more active portions of the fire, while mop-up and patrol efforts continue thorough the less active areas,” a morning Calfire update on the Carr Fire states.<br> <br> For the most up-to-date fire information, including evacuations and road closures, visit<a href="http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents" target="_blank"> http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents</a>.<br> <br> A bipartisan congressional delegation sent a letter Tuesday urging President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster in Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties to open up federal funding for firefighting and recovery efforts.<br> <br> Last night, Congressman Mike Thompson, who signed the letter along with North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman and two dozen others, appeared on CNN’s <i>AC360 with Anderson Cooper</i> to advocate for the president to take action.<br> Trump set off a firestorm of his own making earlier this week when he tweeted out that California’s environmental policies were impeding the use of “massive amounts of readily available water” to battle the state’s blazes, comments that were soundly denounced by scientists, fire officials and elected representatives, including Huffman, who referred to him as "President Sh**-For-Brains."<br> <br> Read previous <i>Journal </i>coverage <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/08/07/trumps-fire-tweets-decried-as-congressional-delegation-urges-disaster-declaration" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> Meanwhile, a restricted reopening of State Route 299 between Weaverville and Redding has taken place. Caltrans District 2 states in a Facebook post that traffic…
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Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:34:00 -0700North Coast JournalNCJ Editor Nabs National Awardshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/08/02/ncj-editor-nabs-national-awards
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/08/02/ncj-editor-nabs-national-awardsThadeus Greenson
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<br> The <i>North Coast Journal</i>’s own Jennifer Fumiko Cahill got some national recognition this week.<br> <br> At its annual newspaper contest awards ceremony over the weekend, the <a href="http://aan.org/aan/aan-awards-winners-2018/" target="_blank">Association of Alternative Newsmedia</a> announced that Cahill, our arts and features editor, finished second in the Food Writing category and received an honorable mention in Best Columns in our circulation division, which sees the <i>Journal</i> compete against papers twice its size.<br> <br> The awards stem from three Table Talk pieces Cahill wrote for the <i>Journal</i> in 2017 and the first two installments of her bitingly satirical “Seriously?” series. If you haven’t had a chance to read these, we urge you to double back.<br> <br> Food Writing<br> “<a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/how-to-dine-alone/Content?oid=4266637" target="_blank">How to Dine Alone</a>,” in which Cahill explains why you don't need company to eat out like a boss:<br> <br> <i>“I was rescued by a flurry of activity as a woman in a sharp blue jacket, her hair coiled in a Hitchcock bun, strolled in and took what seemed to be her usual table. She listened to the specials, ordered quickly and opened a small book as the staff receded. When her seared scallops arrived, she ate deliberately and sipped her wine, returning to the book when she was finished — a silent cue that summoned a waiter to clear her plate. She was epic. I stole glances of her as I cut my roulade of beef, marveling at her relaxed command of her own table, the ease with which she asked for the dessert menu, looking up at arriving diners and going right back to her meal and her book. Watching her, I no longer wanted to eat alone. I wanted to dine alone.”</i><br> <br> “<a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/dinner-with-an-old-friend/Content?oid=4839183" target="_blank">Dinner with an Old Friend</a>” is technically just a piece about how to cook Lap Xuong Fried Rice but that’s just the vehicle — the heart of the piece is a nostalgic rumination on friendship, immigration and culture:<br> <br> <i>“I met her mother, a small, quick moving woman, only once before she died. She spoke only in Vietnamese and regarded me with a look I knew from my own immigrant family — a mixture of kindness and caution. I was out in the larger world with her daughter, helping her navigate it and pulling her away into it. She offered me sweets and watched me as I ate.”</i><br> <br> “<a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/in-defense-of-msg/Content?oid=5353150" target="_blank">In Defense…
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Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:45:00 -0700North Coast JournalBaykeeper Director Featured in Vanity Fairhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/06/13/baykeeper-director-featured-in-vanity-fair
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/06/13/baykeeper-director-featured-in-vanity-fairLinda Stansberry
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<br> While the front cover of this season's <i>Vanity Fair</i> bears the standard celebrity mug (Emilia Clarke, who plays <i>Game of Thrones</i>' dragon-riding queen Daenerys Targaryen), on pages 84 through 89 you'll find an article about efforts to preserve California's vibrant coast — and one familiar face.<br> <br> Humboldt Baykeeper Director Jennifer Kalt was interviewed along with several other Golden State water protectors highlighting sustainability efforts up and down the coast. In the article, which you can <a href="https://www.sbck.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VF0618-final-rev-dragged.pdf" target="_blank">read here</a>, Kalt discusses her promotion of sustainable oyster farming and the importance of zeroing in where you can make a difference.<br> <br> “I know people feel really overwhelmed, but if they just focus on the one issue they really care about they can make so much of a difference,” says Kalt in the article, written by Bruno Navasky.<br> <br> <br> Reached for comment, Kalt added that it's "great" that the work of water defenders is getting national attention.<br> <br> "We work at the local level to restore clean water but across the state, we have similar problems like mercury in local fish, E. coli at our beaches, polluted runoff, and struggling salmon populations," Kalt wrote in an email. "More than half of the rivers and streams in the country fail to meet one or more water quality standard. Bays and estuaries are in even worse shape. So now is not the time to be weakening federal protections for clean water — if anything, we need stronger protections than ever, especially at the state level. Being part of this network is critical for developing solutions, whether it's through science, statewide policy or citizen lawsuits."<br> <br> The summer issue of <i>Vanity Fair </i>is on stands now.<br> …
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Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:38:00 -0700North Coast JournalConcerned Community Members Flood Meeting to Discuss Firing of Woman who 'Put the K in KHSU'https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/05/31/concerned-community-members-flood-meeting-to-discuss-firing-of-woman-who-put-the-k-in-khsu
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/05/31/concerned-community-members-flood-meeting-to-discuss-firing-of-woman-who-put-the-k-in-khsuKristin Kirby
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The KHSU Community Advisory Board held its monthly open meeting Wednesday evening in Humboldt State University’s Gist Hall to address community concerns over the handling of issues regarding staffing and station procedures — specifically, the sudden firing of longtime program and operations director Katie Whiteside by KHSU General Manager Peter Fretwell.<br> <br> Fretwell, who was brought from outside the area to helm KHSU in April of 2017, is “a 37-year radio executive … an experienced leader focused on community-driven programming and service, team-building and organizational culture,” according to a brief bio on the station's website. The 140 or so community members who attended the meeting, made up mostly of KHSU volunteers, staff, sustaining members and underwriters, expressed displeasure with the firing of Whiteside, who has worked at the station for more than two decades.<br> <br> <br> The main goal of the meeting was to allow community members to air concerns and the board was unable to offer information on Whiteside's firing specifically. Most speakers used their two minutes before the board to praise Whiteside, express disbelief at her sudden termination and implore Fretwell to hire her back. To a person, members had nothing but admiration for Whiteside, who they saw as “the backbone of KHSU” and even “the K in KHSU.” Most were dismayed at the lack of transparency in the process. A former advisory board member pointed out that even the board wasn’t advised of the firing – but it should have been.<br> <br> Several speakers also made the case that KHSU is different than other NPR stations in that its programming and funding are community driven. In the words of one member, “...it may seem as if this is a bunch of angry people and it will go away. It will not go away … this is what community looks like.” Another member pointed out that hiring people from out of the area and passing over those who have devoted their lives to KHSU doesn’t make sense and that the station would be better served functioning as a worker collective.<br> <br> The firing has also hurt the station financially. According to underwriting coordinator Jeff DeMark, KHSU has lost $16,000 in support in the two weeks since Whiteside’s termination as people have begun to rescind their memberships in protest. “All of them said they were sorry – they did not want to leave but they left…
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Thu, 31 May 2018 14:11:00 -0700North Coast JournalEl Leñador Turns 5https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/21/el-lenador-turns-5
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/21/el-lenador-turns-5Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
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<br> Humboldt State University's bilingual student paper <i>El Leñador</i> started out as an insert in <i>The Lumberjack</i>. Some 40 issues later, it's a full-fledged, <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2016/02/23/el-ganador" target="_blank">award-winning</a> paper with rotating editors and a dedicated staff focusing on Latinx culture and issues. Students, staff, faculty and community members gathered to celebrate the paper's fifth year in the Kate Buchanan Room on Thursday evening over enchiladas with a raffle thrown in. See the latest from <i>El Leñador</i> <a href="https://www.ellenadornews.com" target="_blank">here</a> and see the slideshow by Sam Armanino (an <i>El Leñ</i> alum) below. <br> <br> <br>…
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Sat, 21 Apr 2018 19:51:00 -0700North Coast JournalThe Journal Scores Nine California News Awardshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/15/the-journal-scores-nine-california-news-awards
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/15/the-journal-scores-nine-california-news-awardsJennifer Fumiko Cahill
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The California News Publishers Association handed out its awards yesterday, of which the <i>Journal</i>, finalist for 12 categories, scored nine awards. We are crazy proud of our winning writers and designers, and of every person who makes each issue possible. Hearty thanks go the community of readers who support us.<br> <br> <br> Awards include: <br> <br> <b>First Place Coverage of Local Government</b> for Kim Wear's reporting on the <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/profoundly-disturbing/Content?oid=4283093" target="_blank">Magneys</a>, cited by a judge for its "strong storytelling techniques used in an article that weaves how a county tried to take away the medical decisions for a dying man with the love story of the couple."<br> <br> <b>First Place Feature Story</b> for Thad Greenson's <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/rio-dells-hash-lab-murder-case/Content?oid=6186361" target="_blank">"Rio Dell's Hash Lab Murder Case,"</a> which the judge noted "has it all ... a neighborhood surprised by drug production ... dire consequences for this community," and the processes and dangers of hash labs "made simple." <br> <br> <b>First Place In-Depth Reporting</b> for staff coverage of <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/nibs-and-the-taz/Content?oid=5763252" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/nibs-and-the-taz/Content?oid=5763252" target="_blank">David Marcus</a>, Humboldt County's former public defender. "Breadth of undertaking probably makes this one the clear winner," wrote a judge.<br> <br> <b>First Place Informational Graphic</b> for Holly Harvey's <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/high-stakes/Content?oid=7333447" target="_blank">"Potential Sources for Myclobutanil Contamination,"</a> which illustrates the possible means of contamination of cannabis crops and is very pretty for something so destructive. <br> <br> <b>First Place Sports Feature Story</b> for Linda Stansberry's Hoopa Rodeo cover story <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/holding-on/Content?oid=5809605" target="_blank">"Holding On,"</a> about which a judge wrote, "The sophisticated, colorful writing perfectly captured a day in the life of a struggling rodeo."<br> <br> <b>First Place Special Publication</b> for <i>Humboldt Insider</i>'s "Engaging writing, interesting stories, nice use of photos and layouts, lots of good local information." (FYI, the new Spring-Summer issue drops this week, so grab one.)<br> <br> <b>Second Place Columns</b> award for the satirical <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/a-mens-guide-to-surviving-a-sexual-harassment-witch-hunt/Content?oid=6788897" target="_blank">Seriously?</a> column by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, a pair of which a judge called "both funny — both scathing." <br> <br> <b>Third Place Writing</b> for Jennifer Fumiko Cahill's <a href="http://Third Place Writing for Jennifer Fumiko Cahill's " how="" to="" dine="" alone,"="" about="" enjoying="" a="" table="" for="" one="" like="" boss.="" "="" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/how-to-dine-alone/Content?oid=4266637" target="_blank">"How to Dine Alone,"</a> about enjoying a table for one like a boss. <br> <br> <b>Third Place Informational Graphic</b> for Holly Harvey's breakdown of <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/rio-dells-hash-lab-murder-case/Content?oid=6186361" target="_blank">"DIY Butane Hash Oil Extraction,"</a> a highly dangerous process we'd like to stress, once again, you should not try at home.…
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Sun, 15 Apr 2018 14:55:00 -0700North Coast JournalMcKinley Statue Debate Making the Media Roundshttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/03/mckinley-statue-debate-making-the-media-rounds
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/04/03/mckinley-statue-debate-making-the-media-roundsKimberly Wear
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The pending removal of President William McKinley’s statue from the Arcata Plaza was thrust in the national spotlight this week after a <i><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-native-american-statue-removal-20180401-story.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a></i> story placed the council’s decision at the forefront of a growing push to take down symbols seen as celebrating the systematic atrocities committed against Native peoples. <br> <br> The article published Sunday describes McKinley as “the most significant casualty in an emerging movement to remove monuments honoring people who helped lead what Native groups describe as a centuries-long war against their very existence.”<br> <br> Soon the story was off and running on the conservative media circuit with <i>Fox and Friends</i> talking Tuesday with David LaRue — an Arcata resident working to place the bronze work’s future on the November ballot — who told the hosts he was against removing the statue and has “heard no convincing arguments on why this should happen.”<br> <br> Councilman Paul Pitino, meanwhile, engaged the same network’s Tucker Carlson in a lively exchange, defending his vote as correcting a “112-year-old error in judgement.”<br> <br> Carlson did appear taken aback when he found himself acknowledging Pitino’s stance that there shouldn’t be tributes to any humans.<br> <br> “Well I disagree with you but I do think you make a good point about not worshiping people,” Carlson told Pitino before signing off. <br> <br> Even Karl Rove — President George W. Bush’s onetime chief of staff who authored <i>The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters</i> — chimed in during a Monday spot on Fox News Radio’s <a href="https://radio.foxnews.com/2018/04/02/karl-rove-on-why-its-a-mistake-to-remove-the-statue-of-former-president-william-mckinley/" target="_blank">Brian Kilmeade’s show</a>.<br> <br> During the discussion, Rove described McKinley as a “man who’s of exemplary character” after describing how the 25th president enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 18 and rose through the ranks in recognition of his battleground valor. <br> <br> Rove also said he was a “committed abolitionist” who fought for black equality. “So, what’s their beef with him?” he asked the host.<br> <br> When Kilmeade mentions McKinley’s support of the Curtis Act, which resulted in the downfall of tribal governance in what would become Oklahoma, Rove says he’s not hearing calls for statues to come down from that state. <br> <br> “To judge, by today’s standards of a highly political group, the actions of people 120 years ago is simply reprehensible,” he said, going on to describe that there were…
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Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:52:00 -0700North Coast JournalBekah on the Hillhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/13/bekah-on-the-hill
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/13/bekah-on-the-hillThadeus Greenson
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Hours after her elimination from the show shocked <i>Bachelor</i> nation, Rebekah Martinez did an interview with Jimmy Kimmel last night and “set the record” straight as to how she wound up on the California Attorney General’s missing persons database.<br> <br> Martinez grabbed international headlines earlier this month after the <i>Journal</i>, with the help of a careful reader, recognized Martinez in a slideshow of missing persons as being the burgeoning reality television star who has been captivating audiences since she began vying for Arie’s love when this season premiered Jan. 1.<br> <br> In the brief interview with Kimmel, Martinez explained that after her elimination from the show during filming last year that — despite the speculation — she had not lied to her mother when she told her on Nov. 12 she was headed to work on a marijuana farm near Eureka.<br> <br> “I just decided to go to the mountains with my friends for a couple of weeks and I was there for six or seven days without phone service, which I thought I was going to have phone service and I told my mother that I would,” she said. Her mom reported her missing about six days later and the report still had not been cleared when the show began airing in January, setting up the surreal series of events that followed.<br> <br> <br> You can check out the full interview embedded above, in which Kimmel seems to have a lot of fun with the "weed farm" angle of the story and the 22-year-old self-described “nanny” from Los Angeles takes it in stride. Read more about Martinez’s case and Humboldt County’s high rates of missing persons cases <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/still-missing/Content?oid=7854764" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br>…
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Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:09:00 -0800North Coast JournalSheriff, Bachelor Contestant Respond to Media Frenzyhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/02/sheriff-bachelor-contestant-respond-to-media-frenzy
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/02/sheriff-bachelor-contestant-respond-to-media-frenzyLinda Stansberry
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When <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/01/not-missing-in-humboldt-bachelor-contestant-bekah-martinez" target="_blank">our story broke yesterday </a>that one of the "<a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-humboldt-35/Content?oid=7775161" target="_blank">Humboldt 35</a>" – people on the California Attorney General's database listed as missing from Humboldt County – was not only safe and sound, but vying for a rose on national television, it was greeted by a variety of responses, and a lot of questions. The most pressing question: How did Martinez's name end up on the California Attorney General's website as a missing person, when she was clearly alive and well and active on social media during the time period she was supposedly missing? The answer to that question says a lot about how our system for reporting and investigating missing persons does – and doesn't – work. <br> <br> Bekah Martinez herself helped our story go viral, retweeting it with the words "MOM. How many times do I have to tell you I don't get cell service on the Bachelor??" This year's season of the popular show started filming Sept. 20, according to <i>Insider</i>, and wrapped up around the end of November. On Nov. 18, Martinez's mother reported her missing, saying she was last seen Nov. 12, and her listing was active on the Attorney General's website as of Jan. 18, our "point in time" for capturing the Humboldt 35. Martinez's mom apparently reported her as having come to Humboldt to work on a cannabis farm. Whether she left <i>The</i> <i>Bachelor </i>set to come to Humboldt (Spoiler alert, <i>Bachelor </i>Nation), just offered the story as an alibi while she was wrapping up filming or the timeline is just wonky, we don't know.<br> <br> The sheriff's office sent out a detailed press release this morning saying that a deputy sheriff had emailed Martinez's mother Dec. 12 and confirmed that her daughter was safe and well. Bekah Martinez apparently called her mother on Nov. 18 to say that she was on her way home. So, why was her name still on the database? According to the sheriff's office, deputies attempted to call Martinez directly several times but were unable to speak with her. <br> <br> "As part of procedure, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies are typically required to make direct contact with the missing person to confirm status and wellbeing, as geographical and other factors allow," the press release, prepared by HCSO public information officer Samantha Karges, stated. "A deputy was not able to make direct contact with Martinez and she was not removed…
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Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:06:00 -0800North Coast JournalNot Missing in Humboldt: Bachelor Contestant Bekah Martinezhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/01/not-missing-in-humboldt-bachelor-contestant-bekah-martinez
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/02/01/not-missing-in-humboldt-bachelor-contestant-bekah-martinezLinda Stansberry
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It turns out Rebekah Martinez is not missing at all. Quite the contrary, actually, she's on a popular nationally televised show: <i>The Bachelor</i>, which you might have heard of.<br> <br> When posting <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-humboldt-35/Content?oid=7775161" target="_blank">this week's cover story</a> to Facebook, we asked if any of our readers recognized any of the 35 people currently listed as missing from Humboldt County on the California Department of Justice's website. Astute readers said, yes, they definitely did and pointed to Martinez, who appears to be a burgeoning reality television star. (Hat tip to you, Amy Bonner O'Brien!)<br> <br> After some googling returned some Instagram images that appeared very similar to Martinez's photo on the missing persons page, we reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. That prompted an email from Public Information Officer Samantha Karges to the deputy who initially took Martinez's missing persons report, noting the similarity in images and asking if Martinez was still listed as missing.<br> <br> Ten minutes later, the deputy emailed Karges back: "I just got off the phone with Rebekah. She is in fact the same person. She has been removed from (the Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit)."<br> <br> Responding to some follow up questions, Karges told the <i>Journal</i> via email that Martinez was reported missing at 1:06 a.m. on Nov. 18 by her mother. “Martinez had reportedly come to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm. Her mother hadn’t heard from her since Nov. 12, 2017,” Karges wrote.<br> <br> There's not a lot of information on the Attorney General's website. It just says Martinez was last seen Nov. 12, 2017, and the case is being investigated by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. It's interesting to note that Martinez has been active on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whats_ur_sign/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> throughout the time she was reported as missing. She posted Sept. 17 to tell followers she was "giving up" her phone and social media for several weeks, but she started posting again Nov. 23, some 11 days after she was apparently reported missing. It's also worth noting that there are lots of similarities between Martinez's <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor/cast/season-22-bekah-m-2018" target="_blank">profile</a> on the Bachelor website, which went up Jan. 1, and her missing persons <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/rebekah-helena-martinez" target="_blank">report</a> on the AG's website.<br> <br> So it appears Martinez is doing fine, and our <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-humboldt-35/Content?oid=7775161" target="_blank">Humboldt 35</a> is down to 33. (We <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/01/31/the-humboldt-34-missing-man-reunited-with-family" target="_blank">reported yesterday</a> about a call we received from an avid…
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Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:47:00 -0800North Coast JournalTrusted Weatherman Jim Bernard has Diedhttps://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/01/24/trusted-weatherman-jim-bernard-has-died
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2018/01/24/trusted-weatherman-jim-bernard-has-diedKimberly Wear
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Jim Bernard, the popular, longtime Channel 3 meteorologist who was also an air traffic controller at the Arcata-Eureka airport has died, <a href="http://kiem-tv.com/2018/01/24/former-news-channel-3-weatherman-passes-away/" target="_blank">the television station announced</a>. He was 64.<br> <br> Trusted for his accurate forecasts and known for referring to viewers as "weather fans," Bernard stepped down from the job in 2012 after a neurological disease began to impact his speech. He is survived by his wife Chris, son Jeff and daughter Lacey, according to his former station.<br> <br> Read the <i>Journal</i>'s 2012 tribute to Bernard after his last day on air <a href="https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/best-weatherman-ever/BestOf?oid=2167079" target="_blank">here</a>. <br>…
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